Mystery is "fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets" (CA Department of Education, 2011, para. 12).
Mystery Books in Our Library
Acceleration by Graham McNamee FIC MCN # of Pages: 210 A teen discovers a diary in which the writer plots a murder, so he enlists his friends to help him catch the would-be murderer. In a starred review, PW said this "taut novel reads like a fast-paced nail-biter of a movie." –Publisher’s Weekly An Eye for Gold by Sarah Andrews FIC AND
# of Pages: 387 Em Hansen is plucky and smart. Like most geologists, she bounces from job to job, and now the FBI is trying to recruit her. She's deeply in love with her boyfriend, Ray, a cop and a Mormon, but she finds living with his mom in Salt Lake City isn't helping her figure out where she fits in his world and in hers. Em's emotional terrain is mapped over a tale of mining rights, environmental issues, betrayals, and the murder of key witnesses. But who is behind it? And what do they stand to gain, not just from the gold in the Nevada hills? - Booklist, GraceAnne A. DeCandido Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs FIC RIG
# of Pages: 352 Gr 8 Up-Sixteen-year-old Jacob, traumatized by his grandfather's sudden, violent death, travels with his father to a remote island off the coast of Wales to find the orphanage where his grandfather was sent to live to escape Nazi persecution in Poland. When he arrives, he finds much more than he bargained for: the children from his grandfather's stories are still at the orphanage, living in a time loop in 1940. The monsters that killed Jacob's grandfather are hunting for "peculiar" children, those with special talents, and the group at the orphanage is in danger. Jacob must face the possibility that he, too, has certain traits that the monsters are after and that he is being stalked by adults he trusted. –School Library Journal The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (Sally Lockhart trilogy, book 1) FIC PUL
# of Pages: 230 In nineteenth-century London, recently orphaned 16-year-old Sally Lockhart faces deadly danger involving a mysterious ruby, a hideous hag, a forthright hero, and the sweetly sickening smell of opium smoke. -Booklist
They never came home by Lois Duncan FIC DUN # of Pages: 183 The book “They never came home” by Lois Duncan is a suspenseful mystery that keeps the reader interested throughout the story. This book tells the story of two high school seniors who go missing while hiking on mountains in New Mexico. The book highlights their tragedy and their families’ quest for answers. Known for writing many best selling books, Lois Duncan shows her skills with this novels’ twisted ending. I would recommend this book to anyone who wishes to be hooked and kept in suspense up until the final pages. Trust me you will not be disappointed. –T.W.S. Witch and Wizard by James Patterson FIC PAT
# of Pages: 314 Wisty and Whit Allgood have magical powers, but they don't know it. At least they don't know until they are arrested by the guards of the New Order, which has just come to power. Their parents have always been into herbs and plants and predictions; they don't send their kids to typical schools, and when the teens are allowed to take only one item each to jail with them, they send a drumstick and a book with no words that are visible to the naked eye. The kids start to get an inkling of what they can do when Wisty bursts into flames when she gets angry, and before long she is turning people into creatures and conjuring tornadoes, and lightning bolts shoot from her hands. -School Library Journal
What is mystery?
Mystery is "fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets" (CA Department of Education, 2011, para. 12).Mystery Books in Our Library
Acceleration by Graham McNameeFIC MCN
# of Pages: 210
A teen discovers a diary in which the writer plots a murder, so he enlists his friends to help him catch the would-be murderer. In a starred review, PW said this "taut novel reads like a fast-paced nail-biter of a movie." –Publisher’s Weekly
An Eye for Gold by Sarah Andrews
FIC AND
# of Pages: 387
Em Hansen is plucky and smart. Like most geologists, she bounces from job to job, and now the FBI is trying to recruit her. She's deeply in love with her boyfriend, Ray, a cop and a Mormon, but she finds living with his mom in Salt Lake City isn't helping her figure out where she fits in his world and in hers. Em's emotional terrain is mapped over a tale of mining rights, environmental issues, betrayals, and the murder of key witnesses. But who is behind it? And what do they stand to gain, not just from the gold in the Nevada hills? - Booklist, GraceAnne A. DeCandido
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
FIC RIG
# of Pages: 352
Gr 8 Up-Sixteen-year-old Jacob, traumatized by his grandfather's sudden, violent death, travels with his father to a remote island off the coast of Wales to find the orphanage where his grandfather was sent to live to escape Nazi persecution in Poland. When he arrives, he finds much more than he bargained for: the children from his grandfather's stories are still at the orphanage, living in a time loop in 1940. The monsters that killed Jacob's grandfather are hunting for "peculiar" children, those with special talents, and the group at the orphanage is in danger. Jacob must face the possibility that he, too, has certain traits that the monsters are after and that he is being stalked by adults he trusted. –School Library Journal
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (Sally Lockhart trilogy, book 1)
FIC PUL
# of Pages: 230
In nineteenth-century London, recently orphaned 16-year-old Sally Lockhart faces deadly danger involving a mysterious ruby, a hideous hag, a forthright hero, and the sweetly sickening smell of opium smoke. -Booklist
They never came home by Lois Duncan
FIC DUN
# of Pages: 183
The book “They never came home” by Lois Duncan is a suspenseful mystery that keeps the reader interested throughout the story. This book tells the story of two high school seniors who go missing while hiking on mountains in New Mexico. The book highlights their tragedy and their families’ quest for answers. Known for writing many best selling books, Lois Duncan shows her skills with this novels’ twisted ending. I would recommend this book to anyone who wishes to be hooked and kept in suspense up until the final pages. Trust me you will not be disappointed. –T.W.S.
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
FIC PAT
# of Pages: 314
Wisty and Whit Allgood have magical powers, but they don't know it. At least they don't know until they are arrested by the guards of the New Order, which has just come to power. Their parents have always been into herbs and plants and predictions; they don't send their kids to typical schools, and when the teens are allowed to take only one item each to jail with them, they send a drumstick and a book with no words that are visible to the naked eye. The kids start to get an inkling of what they can do when Wisty bursts into flames when she gets angry, and before long she is turning people into creatures and conjuring tornadoes, and lightning bolts shoot from her hands. -School Library Journal